Methodology Classification of cognitive strategies. As
the origin of cognition refers to the field of
psychology with much focus of thinking about
human’s mental cognitive process of organizing
and storing of new information in memory,
different definitions and classifications based
on theoretical and practical research arise on
cognitive and metacognitive strategies among
researchers who approach this complex aspect
from different perspectives over the last decades
[3].
The term ‘cognitive strategy’ is described
as a person’s cognitive behavior, individual
operations and internal mental procedures
with specific steps through which a learner
undergoes consciously to achieve a cognitive
learning goal [4, p.68] associated with
problem solution, preparation for a test, text
comprehension or a learning task performance.
Cognitive strategies entail interaction and
direct handling with incoming information
mentally (visualizing) or physically (using
graphical organizers) implementing a specific
individual strategy or multiple sets of strategies
aimed at comprehending, problem solving and
completing a particular task successfully [5, p.5;
6, p.138]. Therefore, a learner should be taught an
extensive set of strategies; their names, definitions
with demonstrative situational examples, how,
when, where and why to use them, in individual
or multiple complex ways because, the real
outcome depends on how a learner matches the
strategies to the task requirements in an exact
and flexible way. For instance, if an expository
text requires organizing text structures such as
sequence, description, problem and solution,
comparison and contrast, learners can use note
taking, or graphic organizer strategy as a single
strategy to visually represent content, concepts,
and interrelationships between them. In order
to comprehend the meaning of a narrative text
and control his cognitive process a learner may
choose multiple cognitive and metacognitive
strategies in combination: activating prior
knowledge, identifying purpose for reading,
predicting and previewing strategies can be used
before reading while rereading, making inference
or reading between lines, self-questioning,
adjusting reading speed, self-monitoring,
visualizing, summarizing paragraphs of the
text can be employed during reading, whereas
summarizing the whole text, paraphrasing the
main idea, clarifying questions may be utilized
after reading. Another characteristic feature
of cognitive strategies suggested by Oxford is
that cognitive strategies are the most essential
language learning strategies with the help of
which learners manipulate and transform the
target language through identification, retention,
and retrieval of information [7]. Classification of
cognitive strategies is presented in Table1.
All in all, although cognitive strategies are
saturated with multitude of types, they have the
same purpose: to facilitate the learning process
through complex cognitive procedures for
successful accomplishment of specific learning
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Л.Н. Гумилев атындағы Еуразия ұлттық университетінің ХАБАРШЫСЫ. Педагогика. Психология. Әлеуметтану сериясы ISSN: 2616-6895, eISSN: 2663-2497 tasks. However, it is not possible to become a good
strategic learner without synergetic interaction
of cognitive strategies with metacognitive ones
leading to a self-regulated autonomous learning
if used in a regular and flexible way.